James B. Ricketts

James Brewerton Ricketts (21 June 1817-22 September 1887) was a Union Army Major-General during the American Civil War.

Biography
James Brewerton Ricketts was born in New York City, New York in 1817, and he graduated from West Point in 1839. He married Franklin Pierce's niece, and he went on to serve in the US Army during the Mexican-American War, in the Third Seminole War, and on frontier duty in Texas. At the start of the American Civil War, he commanded a Union artillery battery, and he was captured at the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861 and paroled in February 1862. He was promoted to Brigadier-General by President Abraham Lincoln, and he commanded a division in Irvin McDowell's corps at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, the Second Battle of Bull Run, and the Battle of Antietam, where he was wounded after falling under the second horse to be killed under him in the same battle. He only recovered in March 1864, when he led a raw division during the Overland Campaign, performing poorly at the Battle of the Wilderness and the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House. At the Battle of Cedar Creek, he was shot through the chest, disabling him for life, and he was present at Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox on 9 April 1865. He retired in 1867, living in Washington DC until his death in 1887.